tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2534181688276540032024-03-13T23:21:07.486-07:00Como Say What?Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.comBlogger545125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-60896749567841193852011-07-31T17:33:00.001-07:002011-07-31T17:40:58.011-07:00it is time. . .<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-127E7kiGOkI/TjX1dnIAPdI/AAAAAAAAEkk/KYu9IJwgyyo/s1600/gracepics%2B162.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-127E7kiGOkI/TjX1dnIAPdI/AAAAAAAAEkk/KYu9IJwgyyo/s400/gracepics%2B162.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635680397791608274" /></a><br />time to say. . . <div><br /></div><div><i>so long, farewell, au wiedersehen, <b>goodbye</b>. . . </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>goodbye</b> - dear, sweet <i>como say what?</i> {at} blogspot . . . <b>hello </b>- new, fun <i>como say what?</i> {at} wordpress !!! </div><div><br /></div><div>i've MOVED: </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://gracefarson.wordpress.com/"><b>http://gracefarson.wordpress.com/</b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">check it out! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">p.s. please take a minute to change this new address over in your google reader! thanks. all the love! a new blog awaits. . . </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-69148424413085582882011-07-29T07:55:00.001-07:002011-07-29T08:13:30.647-07:00packing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1KfCNuju_aI/TjLLAeF5SiI/AAAAAAAAEkc/UyiuAf4OSUc/s1600/IMG_1127.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1KfCNuju_aI/TjLLAeF5SiI/AAAAAAAAEkc/UyiuAf4OSUc/s400/IMG_1127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634789292732140066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KMhNvW9Jr5U/TjLKtLN0ZeI/AAAAAAAAEkM/-xb84B9zRqg/s1600/IMG_1117.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KMhNvW9Jr5U/TjLKtLN0ZeI/AAAAAAAAEkM/-xb84B9zRqg/s400/IMG_1117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634788961247585762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VqnI44RzNX8/TjLKtXp7W4I/AAAAAAAAEkU/D9ntUq4jUPU/s1600/IMG_1113.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VqnI44RzNX8/TjLKtXp7W4I/AAAAAAAAEkU/D9ntUq4jUPU/s400/IMG_1113.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634788964586707842" border="0" /></a><br />i like packing.<br /><br />. . . even if that is all i have been doing - packing and unpacking - these past few months. . .<br /><br />in a bit mom and i are off to go see sisters in charlottesville! this will be the first time <a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-primland-visit.html">in months</a> since all four of us have been together. we couldn't be more excited. <a href="http://abbyfp.wordpress.com/">abby</a> is kicking her husband out of the house and we plan to do all the things we do best - talk, laugh, and eat.<br /><br />have a beautiful, sunny weekend world. . .<br /><br />also:<br /><br />* i doubt i could be any more obsessed with t<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIZdKQZV_iU">his song</a><br /><br />* my family and our <a href="http://abbyfp.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/in-which-my-father-gives-me-an-f/">epic email chains</a>. thx a for posting this. it will forever make me laugh.<br /><br />* beautiful, creative, <a href="http://googandwinnie.blogspot.com/2011/07/kinfolk.html">hipsters who entertain </a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">{picture 1.) new fave nail polish color, 2.) packing another bag, & 3.) what i am bringing on the journey}<br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-44356588398699696072011-07-29T07:14:00.001-07:002011-07-29T07:54:55.449-07:00how to make old jeans new again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L7OVjLUX8xE/TjLIWZo6lzI/AAAAAAAAEj0/WqC43VtiG8g/s1600/IMG_1103.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L7OVjLUX8xE/TjLIWZo6lzI/AAAAAAAAEj0/WqC43VtiG8g/s400/IMG_1103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634786370959087410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ia8BlTBI51I/TjLBDizvaRI/AAAAAAAAEjk/H_Zy9FZ3nx8/s1600/IMG_1104.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ia8BlTBI51I/TjLBDizvaRI/AAAAAAAAEjk/H_Zy9FZ3nx8/s400/IMG_1104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634778350421502226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f3pKSERumVw/TjLBC6uMUyI/AAAAAAAAEjc/hP2MXacXRrk/s1600/IMG_1110.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f3pKSERumVw/TjLBC6uMUyI/AAAAAAAAEjc/hP2MXacXRrk/s400/IMG_1110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634778339660813090" border="0" /></a><br />i can never refuse a second-hand item with potential!<br /><br /><a href="http://damonandbrandianderson.blogspot.com/">brandi</a> passed this jean skirt and jacket down and i decided to have a little fun with them.<br /><br />* * * * * * * * * * * * * *<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">how to make old jeans new again: </span><br /><br />1.) cut them<br /><br />2.) make them look worn and loved with sandpaper<br /><br />3.) bleach them with a spray bottle full of concentrated bleach<br /><br />4.) wash them<br /><br />5.) wear them<br /><br />* * * * * * * * * * * * * *<br /><br />simple as that.<br /><br />thanks b for the new clothes!<br /><br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-35528824301671637722011-07-24T12:34:00.000-07:002011-07-24T13:00:49.741-07:00new zealand landscapes<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sjE-zfnS5ao/Tixz6VvlMuI/AAAAAAAAEjU/ugJGIZmCEz8/s1600/gracepics%2B1270.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sjE-zfnS5ao/Tixz6VvlMuI/AAAAAAAAEjU/ugJGIZmCEz8/s400/gracepics%2B1270.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633004680039969506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">more of beautiful, inspiring, lake tekapo and the church of the good shepherd <a href="http://agfarson.wordpress.com/">here</a>! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">+ any ideas of where i could find a lovely colorful quilt for cheap? i am smitten with <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=073603&catId=HOME-BEDDING-QUILTS&pushId=HOME-BEDDING-QUILTS&popId=HOME-BEDDING&navCount=18&color=095&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&templateType=B1">this one</a>, but not the price tag. been dorm shopping. still just need to find some bedding. . . pyrex, brita water filter, knives, and cutlery now in my hands though! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">+ my friend ric's absolutely <span class="Apple-style-span" ><u>stellar</u></span><a href="http://www.pbase.com/ric_duncombe"> photography portfolio</a>. he's brilliant. just look at <a href="http://www.pbase.com/ric_duncombe/image/136388414">this one</a> from varanasi </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">+ happy sunday. hope wherever you are, you are reading the times! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-58800577076682146202011-07-21T19:38:00.000-07:002011-07-21T19:41:33.305-07:00the south<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nq82QEmrCmk/TijjCp882QI/AAAAAAAAEjE/9qQxwkL9WmE/s1600/IMG_8278.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nq82QEmrCmk/TijjCp882QI/AAAAAAAAEjE/9qQxwkL9WmE/s400/IMG_8278.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632000968787548418" border="0" /></a><br /><a 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href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2n8sYDG7u5I/TijjBMdKqaI/AAAAAAAAEis/CDxXJm3uGLg/s1600/IMG_8277.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2n8sYDG7u5I/TijjBMdKqaI/AAAAAAAAEis/CDxXJm3uGLg/s400/IMG_8277.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632000943689738658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dlhdeGd7C1s/TijjCx98BII/AAAAAAAAEjM/7sXag-4hJs4/s1600/IMG_8281.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dlhdeGd7C1s/TijjCx98BII/AAAAAAAAEjM/7sXag-4hJs4/s400/IMG_8281.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632000970939171970" border="0" /></a>. . . farmers markets in south carolina. . .<br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-2379617962696371192011-07-21T19:21:00.000-07:002011-07-21T19:38:26.628-07:00atl fun<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pVT4ypAFd6Q/Tijgow6KGtI/AAAAAAAAEic/ritaiU6lu1Y/s1600/IMG_8272.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pVT4ypAFd6Q/Tijgow6KGtI/AAAAAAAAEic/ritaiU6lu1Y/s400/IMG_8272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631998324955028178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1VlON3UpMyY/TijgorD1eLI/AAAAAAAAEiU/jTiOryqwQ3g/s1600/IMG_8269.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" 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src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OOBP7W1zrw0/TijfUXS5jCI/AAAAAAAAEgk/oFXUYqo2PtQ/s400/IMG_8229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631996874970467362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1jjDO9OsazA/TijfUa5jc8I/AAAAAAAAEgc/O1VoEWwytIk/s1600/IMG_8227.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1jjDO9OsazA/TijfUa5jc8I/AAAAAAAAEgc/O1VoEWwytIk/s400/IMG_8227.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631996875937903554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8foZISOalbE/TijfTx8dCAI/AAAAAAAAEgU/yRI8kgCFjGs/s1600/IMG_8221.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8foZISOalbE/TijfTx8dCAI/AAAAAAAAEgU/yRI8kgCFjGs/s400/IMG_8221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631996864944211970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BvZJ6u8exJI/TijfU2bscuI/AAAAAAAAEg0/H2HRM_XeVpI/s1600/IMG_8234.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BvZJ6u8exJI/TijfU2bscuI/AAAAAAAAEg0/H2HRM_XeVpI/s400/IMG_8234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631996883328856802" border="0" /></a><br />enjoy the massive photo collection!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">1.) bets, mom, & me in the mart<br />2.) night time on the balcony of the hotel {watching the sunset over the city } with bets<br />3.) view from our room<br />4.) grace fearson! {the name badge i get every year. even if it is wrong, i won't change it}<br />5.) greasy dinner at <span style="font-style: italic;">the world's largest drive-in</span> {the varsity}<br />6.) mom & me at dinner {cannot even remember the last time i had a hot dog}<br />7.) we paid for dinner with all two dollar bills<br />8.) a showroom in the mart<br />9.) more varsity photos<br />10.) queen betsy<br />11.) indian inspired<br />12.) my coronation<br />13.) bets in halloween attire<br />14.) long, very funny story {but one that would not translate online}<br />15.) all the levels of the market<br />16.) first day enthusiasm<br />17.) hotlanta<br />18.) never grew up<br />19.) sexy working women<br /><br /></div></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-81386075075582236662011-07-21T18:32:00.000-07:002011-07-21T19:21:11.166-07:00a few of my favorite things<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HjzWp0nsjjA/TijXl4iQ6sI/AAAAAAAAEgE/Ffe4xFKJi-U/s1600/IMG_1098.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HjzWp0nsjjA/TijXl4iQ6sI/AAAAAAAAEgE/Ffe4xFKJi-U/s400/IMG_1098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631988379858037442" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZE7OWXu-pM/TijXlYDJCgI/AAAAAAAAEf8/ARGyghLaDvo/s1600/IMG_1088.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZE7OWXu-pM/TijXlYDJCgI/AAAAAAAAEf8/ARGyghLaDvo/s400/IMG_1088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631988371137563138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cpZUkknwu6A/TijXmcMl4AI/AAAAAAAAEgM/KzlXch26Ro4/s1600/IMG_1097.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cpZUkknwu6A/TijXmcMl4AI/AAAAAAAAEgM/KzlXch26Ro4/s400/IMG_1097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631988389430812674" border="0" /></a><br />home again after a hectic couple of days in atlanta and chapel hill!<br /><br />just thought i'd share a few photos of my recent favorite things this week. even though all i have been doing is traveling these past few months, i still love this lifestyle. living out of a bag is fun, going from place to place is still fun.<br /><br />+ + + + + +<br /><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;">favorite things</span>:<br /><br />+ old{er} silver watch rediscovered!<br /><br />+ swanky new 13" macbook pro {with both mac and windows 7 capabilities! how this is even possible, i havent the slightest idea}<br /><br />+ homemade channa masala, chipatti, and raita {recipe or non- recipe to come! . . . i made this without any recipe or measuring cup and it tasted mighty good. i already miss indian food and this is the second missing india meal i have made since i have been back}<br /><br />+ + + + + +<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">more favorite things {not pictured}</span>:<br /><br />+<span style="font-style: italic;"> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6604712-eating-animals">eating animals</a></span> by jonathan safran foer {my summer reading for carolina. so glad we freshers got a good one}<br /><br />+ <a href="http://closetvisit.com/">djuna bel's closet visit</a><br /><br />+ <a style="font-style: italic;" href="chttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZpPIKmiMuo">fire fall down</a> song by hillsong {i drove to chapel hill at 4:30 monday morning and found a radio station that played this song. it was the perfect way to start a morning with the sun. also it meant a lot because it was a song that i brought with me on my travels abroad and used to love singing at davidson worship}<br /><br />+ seeing friends from the past and hearing their stories<br /><br />+ talking and texting friends and family {still weird being able to talk on the phone to loved ones after living without a phone for so long!}Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-4087026050511102752011-07-15T16:42:00.000-07:002011-07-15T17:22:27.460-07:00in atlanta<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TBmhZernCAA/TiDR728leEI/AAAAAAAAEf0/VTK1BADM6QA/s1600/23480_365744042432_599832432_4824910_7423040_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TBmhZernCAA/TiDR728leEI/AAAAAAAAEf0/VTK1BADM6QA/s400/23480_365744042432_599832432_4824910_7423040_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629730360505235522" /></a>. . . quick update from atlanta! <div><br /></div><div>mom, bets, & i made it safe and sound to hotlanta wednesday afternoon. we're here shopping for the store and get back sunday night. i leave for chapel hill sometime monday morn. and should be back for the rest of the week on tuesday. </div><div><br /></div><div>good to have some time with my momma and bets {and even alex grey for a night} - lots of walking, shopping, eating, and laughing these past few days. </div><div><br /></div><div>hope you are having a special week! </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{photo from another one of my favorite cities - nyc. there is nothing quite like nyc in the fall!} </div><div><br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-58459527459642489082011-07-10T10:15:00.000-07:002011-07-10T17:44:38.173-07:00same, same but different<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xaWpiF-SFiI/ThoyS_YvMCI/AAAAAAAAEfU/XwIlXGrQPQE/s1600/kath.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xaWpiF-SFiI/ThoyS_YvMCI/AAAAAAAAEfU/XwIlXGrQPQE/s400/kath.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627865986187079714" /></a><br /><div>in nepal they have this saying - <i>same, same but different</i>. . . </div><div><br /></div><div>it might not make sense outside of wonderfully bizarre nepal, but i love it. it explains absolutely nothing about nepal. . . but at the same time it explains a lot. essentially, that's nepal for you. </div><div><br /></div><div>when i think about it, that's how i feel about home right now. . . it's the same as always but still there is something different. . . maybe it's just me that is a bit different now. don't get me wrong, it feels great to be back but big transitions are always a bit rough. </div><br />currently working through more photos - decided to start with the ones i took with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/cameras/canon/powershot_sd750/">my baby cam</a>. <div><br /></div><div>other thoughts: </div><div><br /></div><div>+ getting a much needed <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xNsy0XpRDcQ/SoSBUtzuepI/AAAAAAAAAT4/4ksxCvE4X0g/s1600-h/Moi1.jpg">haircut</a> on tuesday. . . thinking <a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2009/08/oh-kidlets.html">bangs again</a>. . . yes or no? </div><div>+ my time with<a href="http://abbyfp.wordpress.com/"> abby</a> & guion went by too fast this weekend </div><div>+ saw that <a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2010/03/away-i-go.html">asheville</a> {and <i><a href="http://www.youryoga.com/">the asheville yoga center</a></i>} were mentioned as yoga destinations in a <a href="http://www.yogajournal.com/livemag/13">recent </a><i><a href="http://www.yogajournal.com/livemag/13">yoga journal </a>. </i>wish i had the time and money to go to a-ville this summer to see s and take some yoga classes. . .</div><div>+ new bios of female abstract artists<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/books/review/book-review-biographies-of-lee-krasner-and-joan-mitchell.html?ref=books"> lee krasner & joan mitchell </a> {i've liked mitchell's work for a bit but krasner's work is sorta new to me. i like it very much and look forward to reading these bios. p.s. krasner was married to pollack!}</div><div>+ <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9648301-when-the-world-spoke-french">when the world spoke french</a> {want to read this}</div><div>+ <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/arts/design/an-art-show-whose-curator-is-in-high-school.html?scp=1&sq=17%20year%20old%20curator&st=cse">17 year old art curator</a> {when i read this. . . i think what went wrong? why wasn't i doing that at 17? i have regrets about not being more involved in the arts in high school} </div><div>+<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/arts/design/vishnu-hinduisms-savior-at-brooklyn-museum-review.html?_r=1"> basking in the presence of an ever-changing god </a></div><div>+ in case you haven't noticed. . . i spend most sundays reading the <i>times</i>. i think it's so classy and i've missed it much over the past few months. </div><div>+ song of the day - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auzfTPp4moA">heads will roll </a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{photo over kathmandu in monsoon season from my flight from delhi back to the city} </div><div><br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-85813362949747889492011-07-09T22:14:00.001-07:002011-07-10T10:14:23.738-07:00what i've done<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0rSDGAAYe54/Thk1nppP3PI/AAAAAAAAEfM/qhoKIy_77Z4/s1600/cheaper%2Bsneakers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627588164686175474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0rSDGAAYe54/Thk1nppP3PI/AAAAAAAAEfM/qhoKIy_77Z4/s400/cheaper%2Bsneakers.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0i3JNABrELI/Thk1nTCZoZI/AAAAAAAAEfE/AZht6V7oY0g/s1600/barefoot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627588158617657746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0i3JNABrELI/Thk1nTCZoZI/AAAAAAAAEfE/AZht6V7oY0g/s400/barefoot.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIYKe8eDIB0/Thk1nPJATFI/AAAAAAAAEe8/b8Iv8hD8arE/s1600/yoga%2Bin%2Bairport.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627588157571615826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIYKe8eDIB0/Thk1nPJATFI/AAAAAAAAEe8/b8Iv8hD8arE/s400/yoga%2Bin%2Bairport.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />even though i've been here for a week now, i am still having a hard time facing the realities of being <em>home</em> again. it has been a bit rough sleeping through the night {in a safe and comfy bed nonetheless}, finding the time to unpack and clean up my messes {poor family. the <em>grace monster</em> and her messes are back - paints and brushes and clothes and gifts are now in every corner of our once perfectly clean house}, and finding foods that don't upset my confused stomach. in addition to all of those little things, i am still finding it hard to adjust to <em>normal <span>life</span> </em>{whatever that means} in other areas as well.<br /><br />when it comes down to it, i have realized i really haven't had much time to even think through all that i just experienced. . .<br /><br />here's to remembering!<br /><br />- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">just a few of the things i did with my time abroad: </div><br />* survived on my own for half a year {i did have to face my pride and ask the parents for a bit of a loan, but i am proud to say i made it home with exactly $13 in the bank account}<br />*<a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2011/03/future-job-2.html">bungy jumped </a>where it originated<br />* cruised the milford sounds on a boat<br />* hitchhiked around nz<br />* rode on a ferry and a water taxi<br />* <a href="http://wwoof.org/">wwoofed</a> on two different farms on the south island, nz<br />* got a real, paying job in nz {harvested <a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2011/02/from-garlic-to-grapes.html">garlic and worked on a beautiful vineyard</a>}<br />* opened an international bank account<br />* <a href="http://agfarson.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/24-hours-in-sydney/">saw the sydney opera house</a><br />* got <a href="http://agfarson.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/stuck-in-shanghai/">stuck in china </a><em>without a visa</em> and got interrogated by chinese officials {!}<br />* ate red meat again for the first time in two years<br />* made a documentary film with the people at <a href="http://www.psi.org/">psi</a> - <em>population services international</em> {washington and nepal branches} and the wonderful and talented <a href="http://maryolivesmith.com/www.maryolivesmith.com/HOME.html">mary olive smith </a><br />*learned <em>ali ali</em> {a little} of the nepali and hindi languages {my telegu is still sad}<br />* saw rhinos, elephants, crocodiles, deer, monkeys, peacocks, camels, and other rare birds in their natural habitats<br />* rowed boats on lakes in nepal<br />* rode on the roof of local buses in nepal<br />* read lots of books both good and bad<br />* flew long distances and sometimes short on a lot of different planes<br />* filled up three journals with <a href="http://onlybygracefarson.blogspot.com/2011/05/annapurna-circuit-trekking-journal.html">my notes and paintings </a><br />* traveled by train, jeep, and bus in india {and survived}<br />*rowed a boat down the ganges at sunrise<br />* <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/abbyef/5733532878/in/photostream">took a bath with an elephant </a><br />*rode a camel through the desert for two days<br />* saw the lights of pakistan<br />* saw kangchenjuga {the third highest mountain in the world} and the everest mountain range<br />* trekked <a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2011/05/three-photos-from-that-little-walk-of.html">the annapurna circuit </a>and through the world's longest mountain pass {at 5,416 meters . . . nearly 18,000 feet!}<br />* waded up to my knees in the ganges and lived to tell about it<br />* had a tea tasting on a plantation in darjeeling<br />* visited <a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2011/06/little-letters.html">friends in india</a><br />* made lots of new friends and connections around the world<br />* volunteered working on bio-gas projections and teaching english in southern nepal<br />* learned how to make dal bhat, mo:mos, pakoda, proper chai tea, and other delicious curries<br />* learned how to drive a motorcycle<br />* got my first tattoo<br />* walked around barefoot a lot<br />* bought lots of gifts for myself and my loved ones<br />* designed some clothes and had them made at a tailor<br />* had a 70 year-old nepali guru for a while<br />* kept up with my yoga and meditation practice<br />* bought a sari and learned how to wear one!<br />* had <em>natural</em> dreds in my hair for a while {still have one in as a souvenir i guess. no one is a big fan}<br />* learned a lot about the world and her people<br />* fell in love on a daily basis<br /><br />- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<br /><br />photo 1: riding the mini bus in ktm, nepal<br /><br /><div>photo 2: frisbee golfing barefoot in queenstown, nz</div><br /><div>photo 3: meditation time in the airport, delhi, india </div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-41053219747665437972011-07-09T21:18:00.000-07:002011-07-09T22:13:38.117-07:00where i've been<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-52VuRo_4y5M/Thkzdz9NqTI/AAAAAAAAEe0/4klW6PuNbQI/s1600/new%2Bzealand.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-52VuRo_4y5M/Thkzdz9NqTI/AAAAAAAAEe0/4klW6PuNbQI/s400/new%2Bzealand.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627585796632324402" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QVN71DEEnnE/Thkzdrg09eI/AAAAAAAAEes/Vhnj1UhPi0s/s1600/australia%2Bcopy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QVN71DEEnnE/Thkzdrg09eI/AAAAAAAAEes/Vhnj1UhPi0s/s400/australia%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627585794365781474" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rEkxsO12b-k/ThkzdQ1q0MI/AAAAAAAAEek/odjy43genMc/s1600/china%2Bcopy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rEkxsO12b-k/ThkzdQ1q0MI/AAAAAAAAEek/odjy43genMc/s400/china%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627585787205439682" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x55f3DPX7Xo/ThkzK2anOpI/AAAAAAAAEec/bNXEYCwZDKQ/s1600/nepal%2Bcopy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x55f3DPX7Xo/ThkzK2anOpI/AAAAAAAAEec/bNXEYCwZDKQ/s400/nepal%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627585470874991250" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9c4alDtToeo/ThkzKUo7nnI/AAAAAAAAEeU/U9MTSK54Tx4/s1600/india%2Bcopy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9c4alDtToeo/ThkzKUo7nnI/AAAAAAAAEeU/U9MTSK54Tx4/s400/india%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627585461808242290" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4w-PJ2TonLI/ThkzKPnum8I/AAAAAAAAEeM/ioLc6sU1piM/s1600/qatar%2Bcopy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4w-PJ2TonLI/ThkzKPnum8I/AAAAAAAAEeM/ioLc6sU1piM/s400/qatar%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627585460461018050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">photos from all six countries i visited on my little trot around the globe. </div><div style="text-align: center;">i tried making a google map of all the places i visited {might still get around to doing this} but i quickly gave up. . . if i do, i'll be sure to post it! </div><div style="text-align: center;">just getting started sorting through my photos. . . it might take me <i>years</i>, but i thought the least i could do was share a little of what is to come! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">+ i will continue to post more photos on my photography site {<a href="http://agfarson.wordpress.com/">agfarson[dot]wordpress[dot]com</a>}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-7578582136968102152011-07-06T06:26:00.000-07:002011-07-06T06:47:37.273-07:00home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HV1y7nJPyy4/ThRm3vzv4fI/AAAAAAAAEeE/LquP9g3S9go/s1600/kathmandu%2Bgoal.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HV1y7nJPyy4/ThRm3vzv4fI/AAAAAAAAEeE/LquP9g3S9go/s400/kathmandu%2Bgoal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626234942404944370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ccjwH8e7V4Q/ThRm26ESAdI/AAAAAAAAEd8/HKLlM2g9laM/s1600/kathmandu%2Bat%2Bnight.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ccjwH8e7V4Q/ThRm26ESAdI/AAAAAAAAEd8/HKLlM2g9laM/s400/kathmandu%2Bat%2Bnight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626234927978774994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FibtMc6jENY/ThRm2icBJLI/AAAAAAAAEd0/O7xwKZtLFCM/s1600/above%2Bkathmandu.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FibtMc6jENY/ThRm2icBJLI/AAAAAAAAEd0/O7xwKZtLFCM/s400/above%2Bkathmandu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626234921635882162" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">i made it back to where i started.<br /><br />*see the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsi7tIr8w60&feature=email">video of my homecoming </a>by my father. high-pitched squeals, hugs, funny comments, and all!<br /><br />{all images by the baby cam. in and around kathmandu}<br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-17773559087496815122011-06-30T20:02:00.000-07:002011-06-30T20:41:47.441-07:00tell the world. . .<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MprQ_0TFSJA/Tg05RvI3jWI/AAAAAAAAEds/zZ8JcBneU2s/s1600/5336991503_93255fab49.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MprQ_0TFSJA/Tg05RvI3jWI/AAAAAAAAEds/zZ8JcBneU2s/s400/5336991503_93255fab49.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624214486529838434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">3 continents, 6 countries, and over 6 months later. . . </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'M <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ImCpNqbJw">COMING HOME</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{even before i left this was my designated coming home song, but now it's real. singing this walking off the plane for sure} </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">friends, tonight i board a plane to qatar. after a few hours in the doha airport, i'm off to nyc and from nyc - HOME. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">i am filled with such a mix of emotions right now i am going to be a mess when i walk off that plane in charlotte in two days. it is all very bittersweet. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">as much as i have loved, enjoyed, cherished these past few months abroad - all the funny stories, making new friends, exploring old and new cities, getting lost, trying out new foods {and learning to make them!}, taking photos, writing in my journals, reading for hours {entirely uninterrupted}, seeing some of the world's largest cities for the first time, a life of true adventure, painting and drawing, the daily excitement, the constant change, and feeling the true sense of victory when i overcame something really difficult or challenging - {just to name a few!} - i am really looking forward to HOME. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">just some of the things i am looking forward to: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- that first hug from my family & friends . . . seeing them all for the first time in HALF A YEAR!</div><div style="text-align: left;">- painting on real canvases</div><div style="text-align: left;">- going to church</div><div style="text-align: left;">- sleeping in my first clean and comfortable bed in HALF A YEAR {no more rats, poisonous snakes, roaches, spiders, bed bugs, lice, urine stains, <i>wood</i> mattresses [yes] to worry about!} </div><div style="text-align: left;">- cooking in mom's kitchen {and eating her amazing homegrown foods!}</div><div style="text-align: left;">- kale </div><div style="text-align: left;">- editing and posting photos {on my new lappy!!! no more internet cafes y'all} </div><div style="text-align: left;">- being able to walk down the street without being stared at, shouted at, and asked if they could take their photo with me {realized on this trip i am so not cut out to be a celebrity}. i cannot wait to get back and simply blend-in </div><div style="text-align: left;">- unpacking and staying unpacked</div><div style="text-align: left;">- reading books from a library</div><div style="text-align: left;">- playing sports with family and friends</div><div style="text-align: left;">- sharing stories and hearing stories</div><div style="text-align: left;">- driving things</div><div style="text-align: left;">- working {knowing i am actually earning rather than only spending!}. . . paying off my little debt that i owe to my parents! </div><div style="text-align: left;">-planning for the next four years at uni</div><div style="text-align: left;">- getting back to a classroom and real schoolwork</div><div style="text-align: left;">- running</div><div style="text-align: left;">- yoga classes and teaching!</div><div style="text-align: left;">- learning new things back home too {this is the year i learn to sew and knit mind you}</div><div style="text-align: left;">- playing with new babies and puppies </div><div style="text-align: left;">- davidson</div><div style="text-align: left;">- nc weather {and a/c and pools and being able to wear shorts in hot weather!} </div><div style="text-align: left;">-clean water</div><div style="text-align: left;">- writing letters </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">i still have A LOT to still write and share about this little journey of mine, so stay tuned! . . .but for now, i'm just focused on getting HOME. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">this was the best decision i have ever made in my life and i am forever thankful for all that i have had the chance to see and do. i feel so loved and so blessed. thanks for all your support too lovies! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">signing off for the last time from kathmandu, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxox</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">g. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">p.s. tonight there will be tears. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{photo from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccsharry/5336991503/">flickr</a>} </div></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-27046274304805582302011-06-25T05:11:00.001-07:002011-06-25T05:17:50.646-07:00so little time lefthard to believe it. . . just where does time go when you travel?<div><br /></div><div>in just three days i'll be back in <a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2011/03/where-to-begin.html">kathmandu</a>! </div><div><br /></div><div>instead of killing myself to get back to this place, i have opted to take the <i>expensive</i> {though more practical} route back into nepal. a direct flight from delhi to ktm. </div><div><br /></div><div>currently in pushkar having a killer time and i look forward to seeing friends in delhi tomorrow afternoon {after my<i> LAST </i>long train ride in india for a while!} </div><div><br /></div><div>all the love!</div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-6267754361968942642011-06-20T05:58:00.001-07:002011-06-20T06:20:02.665-07:00three little things+ just finished a fabulous book {<i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329623.May_You_Be_the_Mother_of_a_Hundred_Sons">may you be the mother of a hundred sons</a></i>} this afternoon in udaipur. <a href="http://chotapeeleeauto.blogspot.com/">a certain lovely lady</a> recommended it to me last time we were in india, and i finally got around to reading it. i think you should read it too. <div><br /></div><div>+ tonight = overnight sleeper bus in the desert! in the morning i'll be in jodhpur {a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoperception/3152020235/">famously blue</a> city} </div><div><br /></div><div>+ eleven days. in eleven days i'll board a plane. it's unreal. </div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-22564418456025267812011-06-16T06:32:00.000-07:002011-06-16T07:25:29.396-07:00bombay for dreamersi made it to mumbai world! <div><br /></div><div>this place is wayy better than i thought it would be, in fact, i don't particularly want to leave anytime soon, but in the afternoon tomorrow, i'm off to rajasthan {starting in udaipur [a.k.a the city of lakes] for those of you who are interested in a more specific travel itinerary!} </div><div><br /></div><div>leaving bapatla was hard and i hate not being able to answer the questions "when are you coming back? coming for christmas?coming next year???" the truth is i don't know. i really didn't even know i would be fortunate enough to make it back there after two years. i am so happy to have had the chance to get back there. i felt truly at home there and it was well worth the long journeys and expense of getting down there. </div><div><br /></div><div>my journey into mumbai wasn't ideal {it had me coming into this crazy city at 4:30 in the morning without a place to stay [after 24 hours on a train too!]} but everything worked out and the salvation army house thankfully let me sleep on the floor of the kitchen until check-in time at 7:30 {dear friends and fellow travelers, here's a tip for you - travel with a lightweight yoga mat. <i>always</i>. it has saved my life more than once on this trip}. </div><div><br /></div><div>once i got showered, changed, i got to do one of my most favorite things in life - wander through a new city. i found mumbai {or at least the parts of what i have seen today} surprisingly charming. i haven't seen or experienced the pressures of shantaram's world. . .<i> yet</i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>i met a group of sweet swedish nurses tonight at the <i>gateway to india </i>{sometimes being a tourist is quite fun. . . esp. when you are an instant celebrity. more photos were taken of me and the swedes than the "gateway" itself today.} . . . and now i'm off to a little dinner with them. </div><div><br /></div><div>p.s. my sister is wonderful. please <a href="http://abbyfp.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/whitewashing-your-life-or-why-i-blog/">read</a> her most recent post about <i>the blog world</i>. i don't have any <i>real</i> reasons for keeping this blog myself. i am no writer but i do love to share what inspires me throughout the day. . . most of the time i know i am writing to myself, but ultimately it is a ridiculously fun way to document time. one of these days i will actually get around to writing about meaningful <i>stuff </i>. . . but for now, i'm sticking to my travel agenda and what i am doing from day to day. . . read it or not. . . </div><div><br /></div><div>p.p.s. it is absolutely killing me not being able to post photos. . . i have seen some amazing things in india this time around and i am afraid my limited vocabulary doesn't even begin to capture this place. </div><div><br /></div><div>until next time world. . . </div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-8255993007281823312011-06-12T05:02:00.000-07:002011-06-12T05:47:45.420-07:00little letters<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KQYmy1J3g2E/TfSzUp2-G6I/AAAAAAAAEdk/RtbNn2bGg9Q/s1600/13845_229987292432_599832432_4166017_5426845_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KQYmy1J3g2E/TfSzUp2-G6I/AAAAAAAAEdk/RtbNn2bGg9Q/s400/13845_229987292432_599832432_4166017_5426845_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617311802653023138" /></a><br /><div>dear blog, </div><div><br /></div><div>sorry i have been a lame blogger. internet is slow and without recent photos to post i just haven't felt much like blogging. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear ipod, </div><div><br /></div><div>please have enough battery to get me through the next few train/bus rides. please. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear indian summers, </div><div><br /></div><div>you're hot. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear random facebook messages from people i have only met once, </div><div><br /></div><div>i've received lots of you this past week and they've all been great, very affirming. keep 'em coming. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear bapatla, </div><div><br /></div><div>you are awesome. i love you. thanks for the good times. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear women of the kitchen here in bapatla, </div><div><br /></div><div>thanks for letting me help out. i've missed cooking dearly and i've loved learning new things from you. also, where can i get my hands on one of those fancy/ not so fancy knives/ blades? i want one to come home with me. </div><div><br /></div>dear family bank, <div><br /></div><div>thank you for the loan. without you, i would be sleeping in the streets in india. one of these days i will have a job again and pay you back! </div><div><br /></div><div>dear johnson, </div><div><br /></div><div>thanks for the driving lessons. i can now officially mark off - "learn to drive a motorcycle" on my life list. one of these days i'll see all of india by bike. i just know it. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear ice cream, polaroid cameras, and red ray ban wayfarers, </div><div><br /></div><div>i would like all of you to be a part of my life when i get home. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear future dorm room, </div><div><br /></div><div>i cannot stop thinking of all the ways i want to decorate you. i just hope i will follow through with some of these ideas. it will be rad. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear clothes being made at the tailors, </div><div><br /></div><div>please fit. remember, my arms are not indian sized. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear camera {s}, </div><div><br /></div><div>you're dirty and need a good clean after all this traveln'. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear rihanna, </div><div><br /></div><div>one of these days we're going to be so close you're going to call me up on the phone whenever you've got man problems. i just know it. </div><div><br /></div><div>dear <a href="http://abbyfp.wordpress.com/">family</a> and <a href="http://sayacate.wordpress.com/">friends</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzU9OrZlKb8">america</a>, </div><div><br /></div><div>i miss you more than i can say. three weeks. then this is all over. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{photo from india two years ago} </div><div><br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-7770908640036843572011-06-09T00:10:00.001-07:002011-06-09T00:26:29.059-07:00where i am now<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BCOLoW6h5t4/TfB0A01g50I/AAAAAAAAEdc/oJvZGxEInJs/s1600/13845_237536857432_599832432_4217249_5980096_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BCOLoW6h5t4/TfB0A01g50I/AAAAAAAAEdc/oJvZGxEInJs/s400/13845_237536857432_599832432_4217249_5980096_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616116292862928706" /></a><br />after two years, i've made it back to bapatla! <div><br /></div><div>i went through hell to get here, {the train from varanasi to vijayawada took 31 hours. yes, 31 and unless you have traveled long distances on indian trains before, you have no idea how challenging they can be!} but as soon as i saw johnson at the train station, i was the happiest person on earth. </div><div><br /></div><div>not long after i got in, got showered, i was whisked off to not one, but <i>two</i> weddings in the local villages last night. let's just say i was reminded once again why i love india so much! </div><div><br /></div><div>i did not realize how much i missed this place until i got here. </div><div><br /></div><div>most of the <i>childrens </i>are still on summer vacation, but most should be here by the time i have to leave. </div><div><br /></div><div>more to come. . . </div><div><br /></div><div>but for now, enjoy the photo from the water fight two years ago. . . </div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-78794144824475383292011-06-04T02:16:00.001-07:002011-06-04T02:19:32.992-07:00happy {early} birthday sam!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gihVn87lw0Y/Ten4coEpa7I/AAAAAAAAEdU/SnidM_Rt30Q/s1600/26734_386184812432_599832432_4892513_7861387_n.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614291581170969522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gihVn87lw0Y/Ten4coEpa7I/AAAAAAAAEdU/SnidM_Rt30Q/s400/26734_386184812432_599832432_4892513_7861387_n.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">little bro peep, </div><br /><div align="center">i get this feeling you are going to be twice as tall when i get home, have a girlfriend, and act all mature and grown up. this, is not allowed i am afriad. </div><br /><div align="center">hope that you have a fantastic 17th birthday tomorrow. </div><br /><div align="center">love you and miss you dearly, </div><br /><div align="center">your big sis, </div><br /><div align="center">g. </div><br /><div align="center">{photo of sam and i sometime in the winter last year} </div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-19042736718619947722011-06-04T01:55:00.000-07:002011-06-04T02:14:44.231-07:00happy happy {belated} birthday maria<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614289120476502578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MjWGJWFR5eM/Ten2NZRXmjI/AAAAAAAAEdM/bBWHRYL1kVU/s400/32569_447881572432_599832432_5700810_229877_n.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center">dear mac,</div><br /><div align="center">sorry i couldn't be there to celebrate with you this year. remember last year we got to <a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2010/06/charleston-in-june.html">celebrate at the beach</a>?! </div><br /><div align="center">it has been unfair going this long without seeing you and i absolutely cannot wait to hug you.</div><br /><div align="center">you are amazing in every way and i love everything about you. </div><br /><div align="center">i know full well that you will have a great year of LIFE!</div><br /><div align="center">xoxo, </div><br /><div align="center">g</div><br /><div align="center">{photo from charleston trip '10} </div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-49234650424788022662011-05-27T07:07:00.000-07:002011-05-27T07:27:15.114-07:00tea, darjeeling, and all that jazzi survived the longest bus ride in history and made my way to beautiful darjeeling! <div><br /></div><div>this place is unlike anywhere i have ever been before. . . it is nothing like <a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2009/08/quarry-village-hyderabad.html">the india i am used to</a>, a little like nepal, and a good bit like england! i only wish i could share a photo. . . it will just have to wait friends. </div><div><br /></div><div>the tea <i>is </i>all that it is cracked up to be. i'm all cracked up on caffeine everyday thanks to all the tea. i just cannot resist it with every meal. although i still have lots to learn about tea, i got a good introductory lesson about tea today from a nice darjeeling local today. </div><div><br /></div><div>tomorrow i have an appointment <a href="http://www.discoveringtea.com/2010/12/10/darjeeling-train-requires-large-crew/">on a train</a>. i cannot wait. its a tad touristy, but it is the cutest thing ever. feeling like a kid again in darjeeling!</div><div><br /></div><div> xoxo</div><div><br /></div><div>p.s. i miss my family. i<a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2009/10/sister-shasty.html"> miss snuggling with the sister shasties</a> and the mother one, playing frisbee and other sports with the dudes, and my mother's amazing food . . . they are awesome and i cannot believe i have been away from them for this long. </div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-34478103556957911082011-05-22T19:19:00.000-07:002011-05-22T19:44:22.492-07:00hey friends!so. . .<br /><br />tomorrow afternoon i leave for <a href="http://www.discoveringtea.com/2011/02/25/in-darjeeling-i-had-to-change-plans/">this place</a>. {<a href="http://abbyfp.wordpress.com/">abby</a> linked to <a href="http://www.discoveringtea.com/">this man's blog</a> and i am now obsessed}<br /><br />i have to apologize for my blogging absence these past few weeks. my laptop has officially died and i am afraid from here on out you won't be seeing many of my photos. i have seen some remarkable things these past few days and i would love to share them with you all {and <span style="font-style: italic;">will</span>. . . when i get home in <span style="font-style: italic;">july</span>!}<br /><br />i just keep hoping it will be just like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO1bYukdvLI">this</a>. {i have to admit, wes anderson is one of the reasons darjeeling has been on my list of places to see before i die. him and tea. those are my reasons for going. it makes no sense, me going the distance to darjeeling, but i feel good about this decision and cannot wait to see some tea plantations!}<br /><br />p.s. abby also posted the pic of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/abbyef/5733532878/">me on an elephant</a> that i sent to the fam. on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/abbyef/">her flickr</a>. . . just one of the things i've been up to these past few weeks!Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-10518518064139852842011-05-13T20:50:00.000-07:002011-05-13T21:10:08.063-07:00back in chitwan!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AcIddDhPWIM/Tc4AZzY-q8I/AAAAAAAAEdA/QyzPiVRI-jo/s1600/gracepics%2B366.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AcIddDhPWIM/Tc4AZzY-q8I/AAAAAAAAEdA/QyzPiVRI-jo/s400/gracepics%2B366.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606419029414554562" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WD0bkM8e2zU/Tc4AZpe_O9I/AAAAAAAAEc4/0DSSEht5qzI/s1600/gracepics%2B374.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WD0bkM8e2zU/Tc4AZpe_O9I/AAAAAAAAEc4/0DSSEht5qzI/s400/gracepics%2B374.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606419026755402706" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OvgldBedLlU/Tc4AZZ2e6ZI/AAAAAAAAEcw/L8vj_MR9irk/s1600/gracepics%2B370.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OvgldBedLlU/Tc4AZZ2e6ZI/AAAAAAAAEcw/L8vj_MR9irk/s400/gracepics%2B370.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606419022558980498" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VT7oWHIaZig/Tc4AZCYMVqI/AAAAAAAAEco/7L-fzykkuy4/s1600/gracepics%2B385.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VT7oWHIaZig/Tc4AZCYMVqI/AAAAAAAAEco/7L-fzykkuy4/s400/gracepics%2B385.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606419016257918626" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Obm4_1hJa-4/Tc4AY9MPUkI/AAAAAAAAEcg/JDPec3UzVcA/s1600/gracepics%2B382.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Obm4_1hJa-4/Tc4AY9MPUkI/AAAAAAAAEcg/JDPec3UzVcA/s400/gracepics%2B382.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606419014865605186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">i love this place. </div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-25926510854969555482011-05-09T02:17:00.000-07:002011-05-09T02:41:51.718-07:00possessive me<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qmQf-gg_YiE/TcexeFr5J1I/AAAAAAAAEcY/xCwCNQmOlz4/s1600/gracepics%2B005.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qmQf-gg_YiE/TcexeFr5J1I/AAAAAAAAEcY/xCwCNQmOlz4/s400/gracepics%2B005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604643391766341458" /></a><br /><div>+ <i><a href="http://abbyfp.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/moms-are-the-best/">my momma</a></i>. happy mother's day again to my favorite person in the world</div><div>+ <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUDc1frz22E">my song</a></i> of the week </div><div>+ <i>my next plan</i> - n. africa </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{photo of me in <i>my room</i> here in kathmandu. everyone here knows 103 is "grace's room" and no one elses!} </div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253418168827654003.post-76382729273774899882011-05-09T01:34:00.000-07:002011-05-09T02:42:55.944-07:00que sera. . .<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JyUzN8Ugmyg/TceoHEufnII/AAAAAAAAEcQ/hg7GXUuBaGU/s1600/gracepics%2B2354.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JyUzN8Ugmyg/TceoHEufnII/AAAAAAAAEcQ/hg7GXUuBaGU/s400/gracepics%2B2354.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604633100767173762" /></a><div><br /></div><div>. . . whatever will be. . . will be. . .</div><div><div><br /></div><div>i feel a tad bit overwhelmed by all this unc stuff. doing all of this abroad is a little tricky. i just feel so out of touch with that side of the world/ that side of my life right now.</div><div><br /></div><div>i'm fully <i>here</i> and not at all <i>there</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>in just a few days i need to:</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left; ">- find a roommate</div><div style="text-align: left; ">- make a list and apply for housing</div><div style="text-align: left; ">- send in medical forms</div><div style="text-align: left; ">- apply for a laptop grant {i actually already missed this deadline}</div><div style="text-align: left; ">- apply for ctops</div><div style="text-align: left; ">- and a whole lot more. . .</div></div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; ">plus my unc onyen/account hates me and won't let me change what i need to. . . </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">- - - - - - - - - - - -</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">in nepali there is an expression -<i> ke garne!</i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center; ">it can be translated as<i> - what to do!</i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">- - - - - - - - - - - -</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><br /></span></i></div><div>and:</div><div>*<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEi9ZQrEjr8">que sera</a> by wax tailor {whoa! weird sauce}</div><div>*i couldn't live without <a href="http://agfarson.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/the-best-part-of-waking-up/">tea</a> {i'm downing a big mug of masala tea as i write this. . . i think my favorite of all time is hot ginger, lemon, and honey. . . it's heavenly}</div><div>*off to <a href="http://agfarson.blogspot.com/2011/04/with-love-from-chitwan.html">chitwan</a> {again} in the morning!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">{i found this hat in a tiny trekking shop in pokhara. this little gem was in the middle of a pile of knockoff <i>northface</i> and <i>adidas</i> baseball caps. i was tempted to buy it just because it was so unexpected - who would have thought i'd find a unc hat in the middle of nepal! - but i opted for this outrageously orange <i>northface</i> one. }</div><br /></div>Como Say What?http://www.blogger.com/profile/06130832017085636221noreply@blogger.com0